brick / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

= + : The scientist (专) and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) are standing next to a rock (石) in front of the anthill (an1). They are quietly thinking for a long time, until the scientist has an idea and tells Julian Giant Squid what to do in order to create bricks (砖) out of the rock (石).

磚 character breakdown

for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized

= + + : Let's say the expert is a scientist. Also, 专 reminds me a little bit of the wheelchair symbol. Thus I choose a scientist in a wheelchair as symbol for 专.

= + + : In front of the anthill, the scientist and Julian Giant Squid are focused on one thing: Electrifying the wheelchair of the scientist. Deeply concentrated they connect a capacitor to the wheelchair, which indeed starts to move a little.
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

Characters with 磚 as component

磚 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 磚

lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
tiles and bricks
to lay bricks / bricklaying
to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong
to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
(dialect) wall brick
marker brick (in building) / keystone
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
(Tw) tactile paving tile
to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly

Sentences with 磚

磚 currently does not appear in any sentence.